Ficus leptocalama
Description
Shrub or treelet up to 5 m tall, sometimes creeping or hemi-epiphytic.
Branchlets drying pale brown.
internal hairs absent.
Leaves distichous;
stipules amplexicaul, 0.4-0.8 cm long, minutely puberulous or glabrous, caducous.
Morphology
This species is described as being flagelliflorous (geocarpic). However, it is likely that the plants are only accidentally geocarpic by the lower branches getting in touch with or become imbedded in the (loose) substrate. The leafless and branched fig bearing branches (of the type collection) look quite different from those in truly flagelliflorous taxa.